Its story

HIP 78588 has a visual magnitude of about 9.77: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 78588: right ascension 16h 2m 46s, declination +77° 57′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

HIP 78588. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 78588, Gaia DR3 1707557264632675584. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.